Carpenter&#39;s tool.



W. J. GLUECK.

CABPENTER'S TOOL. APPLICATION FILED 05c. 18. 1914.

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W. J. GLUECK.

CARPENTERS TOOL. APPLICATION men DEC-18,1914.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

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swqm Zg a WILLIAM J. GLUECK, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS.

CARPENTERS TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.15,1918.

Application filed December 18, 1914. Serial No. 877,891.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM J. GLUEoK,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing in East St. Louis, in the county of StJClair and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarpenters Tools, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this'invention is toprovide an improved tool of suchdesign and construction that quick and accurate gaging can be done incertain branches of carpentering, such gaging being heretofore done in acrude manner in which no accuracy could be relied on.

, Other and further objects will appear in the specification, and bespecifically pointed out in the specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of this improved tool.

Fig. 2 is avertical section taken on the line IIII, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line III-III, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of this improved tool in adjusted positionfrom that shown in Fig. 1 to meet the requirements of another class ofWork.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall showing thisimproved tool used in laying baseboarding.

'Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line VI-VI, Fig.5.

Fig. 7 is a view of an upper corner of a doorway showing this improvedtoolas used in taking a measurement on a casing board for said doorway.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing this improved tool in aposition for taking a measurement on a door casing, which measurementwill be flush with the top of the doorway.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged section taken on the line IXIX, Fig. '7.

Referring to the drawings: This improved tool comprises a head block 1having a bifurcation Q. Mounted in said bifurcation is an extendingmember 3. Secured to one side of the head block 1 is a member 4. Thesemembers 3 and 4 are arranged parallel to each other, and are susceptibleto adjustment, there being a longitudinal slot 5 formed in the member 4.Adjacent one end of'said slot on one side thereof is a pair of notches6. Formed adjacent one end of'the member 3 is a pair of slots 7. Thesemembers 3 and 4 are secured to the head block by a pair of bolts 8. Eachof said bolts extends through each of said slots 7 of the member 3 andthe slot 5 of the member 4. There are thumb nuts 9 for clamping themembers 3 and 4 securely to said block 1.

Referring to Figs. 5 and 6, which illustrate the use of this improveddevice when laying baseboarding, it is the general practice in carpentryto first secure the base blocks 10 in their proper positions against thewall 11. The baseboard 12 is shoved at one end against one of the baseblocks 10, and the opposite end of the baseboard ing is laid against theface of the opposite base block. This'improved tool is then engaged overthe base boarding by having the members 3 and 4 straddle saidbaseboarding, one of the members engaging against the second mentionedbase block and a pencil is then engaged against the edge of the outsidemember, as shown at A, so as to'draw a line across the base boarding 12.This will give the correct length of the baseboarding so when it is cutoff on the marked line it will fit snugly between the base blocks.

' In using this improved tool for putting the casing around doors orwindows, or the like, if it is desired that a margin be given on thed-oorframe, the tool is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 4. Thisadjustment is done by loosening the thumb nuts 9 of the bolts 8 and thensliding the member 4 on the bolts longitudinally until the bolts willengage the notches 6. Then the member 3 is moved to one side until thebolts engage the opposite end of the slots 7. Then the thumb nuts arescrewed down. If it is desired, gage lines such as 13 can be located onthe members 3 and 4 at portions B of said members." This improved toolbeing in the adjusted position just described, when a casing board 14 isengaged at one end against the floor or block (not shown) the head block1 of the tool is abutted against the under side of the top of the doorway. The member 4 will then extend across said board, see Fig. 7, andwill be in a position so a line can be drawn across said board whichwill designate the place to cut so said board will fit snugly againstthe head casing board offthe doorway, In getting ameasurement for acasing board on the opposite side of the doorway, the tool is turnedover and the member 3 then will be "engaged across the casing board, asjust related of member 4. It is therefore seen that the adjustment ofthe-bolts 8 in the notches 6 and slots 7 gives an adjustment for themarginal measurement of the casings of doorways. If desired, thisimproved tool may be used to get a measurement for doorways which are tohave the casings fiush with the edge of the doorway (see Fig. 8 Then thebolts are not adjusted in the notches 6 and slots 7 but the edges of themembers 3 and A are flush with the edges of the head block 1;.

In a tool of this improved character it has been foundessential incarpentry to have thewidth of the parallelly arranged members 3 and 4:equal to the thickness of the site to said other member, said otherm'em- 3 head block 1. As in taking a flush measurement, as shown in Fig.8, it is necessary to provide a firm seating baseto the-head block. Thisfirm seating base is provided when the paralleling members 3 and at arearranged horizontally with the head block as shown in said Fig. 8, inwhich one of the edges of the member ,3 is shown bearing against thesame surface of the work as isone of the faces of the head block, thetop edge of the member a providing the flush measurement relative to,the work towhich the top edge of the member 3is engaging From theaforesaid description, it is seen how a toolof this improvedconstruction can be'used in many branches'of carpentry, and when soused, a very solid'abutment is given to the tool, which-will insure apositive gage to be extended over the Work that is to be marked so thataccuracy of gaging will be theiresult I lVhat I claim is: U

1. A tool comprising a head block, a pair of parallelly extendingmembers secured to said block, each of said members being of a widthequal to the thickness of said block so that the side'edges thereof willbe flush with said block.

2. A tool comprising a head block, and a'pairof parallel membersextending therefrom, each of said members having a width equal to thethickness of said block, and means wherebysaid members can be adjustedrelative to saidblockp 8. A tool comprising a head block, and a :pairofparallel members of equal length extending therefrom, one of said-members' beingadjustable longitudinally of said block so thatsaid-adjustable member can be extended from said block in a directionoppo- In the presence of Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor fivecents each, tiy addressing the Co washingt om n c her beingadjustabletransversely of said block.

at. A tool comprising a head'block, a pair of parallel members "a'djustably mounted thereon, said members being of equal length and havinga width equal to the thickness of said block, one of said members havinga the other end of said block, and means forclampingsaid membersto saidblock. I

. q 6. Atoolcoinprising a head block, a pair of spaced apart parallelmembers extending from one end ofsaid blo'ck, each of said membersbeing'of a with equal to the thickness of said block, ones-r saidniembers adapted to be extended fromthe other end of said block, andmeans whereby said members' are adapted to be-adjusted transversely ofsaid block.

7. A tool comprising a he ad block, a ,pair

of spaced apartvparallel members extending v i from one end ofsaidblock, each of said members being of a width equal to thethickness ofsaid block, o ne of-said member-shaving a slot formed thereon so thatsaid'mem ber. can' be extended from "the other end of said block, andmeans whereby said m bers are adapted to be adjusted transversely ofsaid block.

,8. A tool comprising a head block, said block having a pair offlattened surfaces formed thereon, a substantially flattened 9. A toolcomprising a headbl ock, said block having a pair of flattened surfacesformed thereon, a substantially flattened member moimtedon each of saidsurfaces of said block, said members being ,parallelly arrangedrelativeto each other, and extending from one end of said block, andlmeanscarried bysaid block whereby one of-said members can be extendedfronithe other 'end of said block and adjustedtransversely of saidblock, j v j WILLIAM- J. 'GIJUEGK.

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member mounted on each fof said surfaces

